the future has landed.
after years as a technology commentator — seeing some of the coolest stuff on earth — I decided to write some sci-fi fiction of my own — and published it during the pandemic.
MANHATTAN: 2051: It’s five years post-WWIII (“The Conflict”) and YapianTech, a Chinese conglomerate, just deployed a hostile takeover of US tech company Cobalt Industries, firing all of its bio-units (aka “humans”) — except Alex Taylor. Taylor is tasked to develop CODENAME: NIRVANA, an XR World to cure sadness because Big Pharma is in crisis. Or is there a more nefarious shadow strategy in place? Taylor uncovers DNA extraction programs, sentient AI-powered holograms, human-robot symbiosis and a link to the Andromeda Galaxy.
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S.C. Stuart is an award-winning futurist (and sci-fi writer), technology commentator and strategist focusing on AI, DARPA, exoskeletons, NASA, medical/military innovation, robots and virtual humans for companies including 20th Century Fox, DTCC (Wall Street), Four Seasons, Milken Institute, Nano (empowering global human health), New Line Cinema, RAND Corporation, Smithsonian and Sony Pictures. Published in ELLE China, Esquire Latin America, Four Seasons Magazine (global), Mosaic (Morgan Stanley), Singularity Hub and Ziff Davis PCMag.